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The form of health insurance matters

…here), and fire and police protection are not issues of “socialism vs capitalism” but of workable regimes that serve the people versus nonworkable regimes that permit a very few, very…

How to target the poor?

rdan Several other conferences are happening elsewhere in the world, but with less fanfare than in Pittsburgh, both in media coverage and police activity. We do forget the ‘smaller’ issues…

Compare and Contrast

…well-spent. [One] graciously permits the government to police [one’s] bar-hopping, repair the roads [one] drives on, clean [one’s] water and deliver it to [one’s] door, remove [one’s] bodily waste, treat…

The case of Troy Davis

…is on death row in state prison there for the 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer. … Seven of the witnesses against Mr. Davis have recanted, and several people…

Cell Phone service and Healthcare

…emergency simply because they can’t afford cell phone service. Why, say some poor person (or God forbid, an illegal immigrant!!) needs to call the police because someone is breaking into…

20 people killed in Peru in demonstrations

…effective Feb.1, 2009. Three MI-17 helicopters took off from the base of the National Police in El Milagro at six in the morning of Friday, June 5. They flew over…

Schizofinance

…you are not out of the building in 15 minutes I will call the police.” A blindingly obvious example, a maybe less obvious example, and some effort to understand how…

The President’s Speech

…can continue caring for our sick. There are 57 police officers who are still on the streets of Minneapolis tonight because this plan prevented the layoffs their department was about…